Towns & cities
Ventura County
county in California, United States
United States · 34.3600, -119.1500
Ventura County is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 18 productions, in the section each entry below links back to. No Wikidata filming statement points here yet, so this page says plainly which kind of evidence it rests on.
167 productions were filmed at 30 places inside Ventura County rather than at Ventura County itself: listed below, each with the place it was shot.
“Most of the filming was done on "the back forty" studio backlot of Selznick International with all the location scenes being photographed in California, mostly in Los Angeles County or neighboring Ventura County.”
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Ventura County as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, and labelled as what it is, each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.
- Gone with the Wind 1939
- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood 2019
- Back to the Future Part III 1990
- American Horror Story 2011–
- Grease 1978
- MacGyver 1985–1992
- Escape from New York 1981
- The Fabelmans 2022
- Fort Apache 1948
- Death Race 2000 1975
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The Beastmaster
1982
“The film was shot in California's Simi Valley and in Los Padres National Forest's Lake Piru in Ventura County, and Valley of Fire State Park in Nevada.” Wikipedia
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The Odd Couple II
1998
“Filming also took place at Hidden Valley, located in Ventura County, California.” Wikipedia
- The Exterminator 1980
- Ramona 1910
- King Richard and the Crusaders 1954
- Amityville 4: The Evil Escapes 1989
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Desert Fury
1947
“Some location shooting occurred in the small Ventura County, California, town of Piru, with the northwest side of Center Street, at Main, used as the exterior of Fritzi's saloon and casino; the Piru Mansion was used as the Haller home and the historic Piru bridge was used as the locale of the car crash.” Wikipedia
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Big Bad Beetleborgs
1996–
“Much of the show was filmed in Santa Paula, California, a small rural town in Ventura County.” Wikipedia
Movies and TV series filmed elsewhere in Ventura County
167 productions shot at 30 places inside Ventura County, each named beside it. Separate from the list above, which is what Wikidata records against Ventura County itself.
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day Oxnard per Wikipedia 1991
- Spartacus Thousand Oaks per Wikipedia 1960
- Men in Black Simi Valley per Wikipedia 1997
- Captain Marvel Oxnard per Wikipedia 2019
- Chinatown Fillmore 1974
- Everything Everywhere All at Once Simi Valley per Wikipedia 2022
- North by Northwest Moorpark per Wikipedia 1959
- It Happened One Night Thousand Oaks per Wikipedia 1934
- The Birth of a Nation Ojai per Wikipedia 1915
- Star Trek: The Next Generation Brandeis-Bardin Institute 1987–1994
- Westworld Simi Valley 2016–2022
- Erin Brockovich Oxnard per Wikipedia 2000
- The Mandalorian Simi Valley per Wikipedia 2019–
- Little Miss Sunshine Ventura per Wikipedia 2006
- Planet of the Apes Oxnard per Wikipedia 1968
- Thelma & Louise Thousand Oaks per Wikipedia 1991
- Carrie Piru per Wikipedia 1976
- Memoirs of a Geisha Thousand Oaks per Wikipedia 2005
- A Few Good Men Naval Air Station Point Mugu 1992
- The Grapes of Wrath Thousand Oaks per Wikipedia 1940
- The Rock Ventura per Wikipedia 1996
- Bridesmaids Oxnard per Wikipedia 2011
- Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Brandeis-Bardin Institute 1991
- Coming to America Simi Valley per Wikipedia 1988
- Star Trek: Insurrection Thousand Oaks per Wikipedia 1998
- Easy A Ojai per Wikipedia 2010
- Just Go with It Oak Park per Wikipedia 2011
- Saving Mr. Banks Simi Valley per Wikipedia 2013
- Wuthering Heights Thousand Oaks per Wikipedia 1939
- Poltergeist Simi Valley per Wikipedia 1982
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Thousand Oaks per Wikipedia 1962
- How the West Was Won Thousand Oaks per Wikipedia 1962
- The Cat in the Hat Simi Valley per Wikipedia 2003
- The Man Who Wasn't There Thousand Oaks per Wikipedia 2001
- We Bought a Zoo Thousand Oaks per Wikipedia 2011
- Hail, Caesar! Simi Valley per Wikipedia 2016
- It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World Thousand Oaks per Wikipedia 1963
- The Ugly Truth Ojai per Wikipedia 2009
- Chaplin Santa Paula per Wikipedia 1992
- Little Big Man Thousand Oaks 1970
- Lost Horizon Ojai per Wikipedia 1937
- My Name Is Earl Moorpark per Wikipedia 2005–
- After the Sunset Point Mugu per Wikipedia 2004
- Little House on the Prairie Simi Valley per Wikipedia 1974–1983
- JAG Naval Air Station Point Mugu per Wikipedia 1995–
- Jarhead Camarillo per Wikipedia 2005
- Water for Elephants Fillmore per Wikipedia 2011
- It's Complicated Thousand Oaks per Wikipedia 2009
- Jericho Fillmore per Wikipedia 2006–
- Bonanza Thousand Oaks per Wikipedia 1959–
- THX 1138 Port Hueneme per Wikipedia 1971
- The Miracle Worker Simi Valley per Wikipedia 1962
- Three Amigos Simi Valley per Wikipedia 1986
- The Longest Yard Simi Valley per Wikipedia 2005
- The Rookie Oxnard per Wikipedia 2018–
- Bedtime Stories Thousand Oaks per Wikipedia 2008
- Gunsmoke Thousand Oaks per Wikipedia 1955–
- Lassie Come Home Thousand Oaks per Wikipedia 1943
- Sneakers Simi Valley per Wikipedia 1992
- Tarzan the Ape Man Lake Sherwood per Wikipedia 1932
The 60 most widely covered are above. The other 107, each with the place inside Ventura County it was shot at:
- Enough Piru
- Honey, I Blew Up the Kid Simi Valley
- Smokey and the Bandit Ojai
- Duel in the Sun Thousand Oaks
- The Sheik Oxnard
- Hero Piru
- The Horse Soldiers Thousand Oaks
- Cleopatra Oxnard
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Simi Valley
- The Dukes of Hazzard Thousand Oaks
- Big Love Fillmore
- Sands of Iwo Jima Thousand Oaks
- Cat People Piru
- Flaming Star Thousand Oaks
- Man of the West Thousand Oaks
- North to Alaska Point Mugu
- The Bridges at Toko-Ri Thousand Oaks
- The Charge of the Light Brigade Sherwood Dam
- The Philadelphia Experiment Santa Paula
- Hombre Santa Susana
- Joe Dirt Santa Paula
- Lanterns Piru
- Midway Point Mugu
- My Stepmother Is an Alien Thousand Oaks
- Santa Fe Trail Simi Hills
- A Boy and His Dog Ventura
- Devil in a Blue Dress Piru
- McFarland, USA Camarillo
- Pee-wee's Big Adventure Port Hueneme
- Twilight Oxnard
- 3 Ninjas Oak Park
- Torque Piru
- Back to Bataan Thousand Oaks
- Down Argentine Way Thousand Oaks
- Flicka Simi Valley
- For Love of the Game Santa Paula
- How to Make an American Quilt Fillmore
- Phantasm IV: Oblivion Ventura
- Sunset Santa Susana
- City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold Fillmore
- Dodge City Thousand Oaks
- Reno 911! Piru
- Species III Fillmore
- Big Wednesday Ventura
- Highway to Heaven Simi Valley
- Paradise Thousand Oaks
- Pat and Mike Ojai
- Roustabout Thousand Oaks
- Safe Simi Valley
- The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth Ventura
- The Paleface Thousand Oaks
- Zorro Thousand Oaks
- Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror Oxnard
- Invaders from Mars Simi Valley
- It Happened at the World's Fair Camarillo
- Old Yeller Thousand Oaks
- Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster Thousand Oaks
- The Big Valley Thousand Oaks
- Wedlock Brandeis-Bardin Institute
- A Yank in the R.A.F. Oxnard
- Heart and Souls Thousand Oaks
- King of California Simi Valley
- The One I Love Ojai
- CHiPs California State Route 118
- Firecreek Thousand Oaks
- Matinee Oxnard
- Return from Witch Mountain Fillmore
- Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael Santa Paula
- Finian's Rainbow Thousand Oaks
- Tall Tale Fillmore
- The Last of the Mohicans Sherwood Dam
- The Man from the Alamo Thousand Oaks
- Welcome to Hard Times Thousand Oaks
- Ambush Simi Valley
- Miss Stevens Simi Valley
- San Quentin Simi Valley
- The Best of Times Moorpark
- The Biggest Loser Simi Valley
- The Shape of Things Camarillo
- The Winds of War Port Hueneme
- Walk on the Wild Side Thousand Oaks
- Wichita Thousand Oaks
- Borderline Ventura
- Hollywood or Bust Thousand Oaks
- Impact Simi Valley
- Mother, Jugs & Speed Oxnard
- Pilot Lake Piru
- Swelter Piru
- The Rifleman Thousand Oaks
- Transmorphers: Fall of Man Oxnard
- Battle Cry Simi Valley
- Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier Thousand Oaks
- Flying Tigers Thousand Oaks
- Hit and Run Fillmore
- Homicidal Ventura
- Motel Hell Moorpark
- Soldiers Three Simi Valley
- Texas Across the River Thousand Oaks
- The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin Simi Valley
- The Fighting Seabees Port Hueneme
- The Good Guys and the Bad Guys Thousand Oaks
- Windfall Ojai
- Doctor Odyssey Fillmore
- Fury Thousand Oaks
- Happy, Texas Piru
- Sinister Minister Simi Valley
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Towns & cities
Thousand Oaks
United States
city in Ventura County, California, United States
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Oxnard
United States
city in Ventura County, California, United States
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Simi Valley
United States
city in Ventura County, California, United States
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Landscapes & nature
Wildwood Regional Park
United States
regional park in Ventura County, California, United States
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Towns & cities
Port Hueneme
United States
city in Ventura County, California, United States
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Oak Park
United States
unincorporated community in Ventura County, California, United States
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Landscapes & nature
Hidden Valley
United States
valley and unincorporated community in California
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Towns & cities
Fillmore
United States
city in Ventura County, California, United States
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Moorpark
United States
city in Ventura County in Southern California, United States
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Ojai
United States
city in Ventura County, California, United States
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Brandeis-Bardin Institute
United States
Jewish retreat in California
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Streets & squares
Fillmore and Western Railway
United States
heritage railroad in Ventura County, California, USA
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Towns & cities
Ventura
United States
city in and county seat of Ventura County, California, United States
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Towns & cities
Piru
United States
census-designated place in Ventura County, California
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Santa Paula
United States
city in Ventura County, California, United States
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Landmarks & buildings
Naval Air Station Point Mugu
United States
US Navy airfield near Oxnard, California, United States
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Towns & cities
Saticoy
United States
census-designated place in Ventura County, California
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Towns & cities
Lake Sherwood
United States
census-designated place in Ventura County, California, United States
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Towns & cities
Camarillo
United States
city in Ventura County, California, United States
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Landscapes & nature
Point Mugu
United States
cape in California
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Landmarks & buildings
Naval Construction Battalion Center Port Hueneme
United States
US Navy installation near Oxnard, California, United States
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Landscapes & nature
Simi Hills
United States
mountain range in Southern California, United States
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Landscapes & nature
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
United States
protected area in Southern California, USA
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Landmarks & buildings
Sherwood Dam
United States
dam in Ventura County, California
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Towns & cities
Santa Susana
United States
census-designated place in Ventura County, California, United States
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Landscapes & nature
Arroyo Verde Park
United States
park in Ventura County, California, United States of America
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Landscapes & nature
Mandalay State Beach
United States
state park in California, United States
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Landscapes & nature
Lake Piru
United States
lake in California
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Streets & squares
California State Route 118
United States
state highway in Ventura and Los Angeles counties in California, United States
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Landmarks & buildings
Moorpark High School
United States
high school in Moorpark, Ventura County, California
Named here by Ventura County’s own Wikipedia article
Productions this page’s own Wikipedia article says were shot at Ventura County, where neither Wikidata nor the production’s own article records it. That is the weakest evidence on this atlas, so these get no pin on the map and stay out of the downloads — the sentence is quoted in full below each one so you can judge it.
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“The movie Back to the Future Part III filmed the scene where Marty returns to the year 1985 in the time-traveling DeLorean at the railroad crossing at S Ventura Rd & Shoreview Dr in Port Hueneme.” Wikipedia
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Swordfish 2001
“Also, in 2000, the movie Swordfish filmed the final bank scene on East Main Street in Ventura.” Wikipedia
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“On July 23, 1982, actor Vic Morrow and two child actors (My-Ca Dinh Le and Renee Shin-Ye Chen) were filming a helicopter scene for Twilight Zone: The Movie in the area of Indian Dunes in Ventura County when the helicopter lost control and crashed on top of them.” Wikipedia
Filming locations nearby
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Towns & cities
Santa Paula
United States·8 km east
city in Ventura County, California, United States
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Saticoy
United States·9 km south
census-designated place in Ventura County, California
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Landscapes & nature
Arroyo Verde Park
United States·11 km south-west
park in Ventura County, California, United States of America
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Towns & cities
Ojai
United States·13 km north-west
city in Ventura County, California, United States
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Towns & cities
Ventura
United States·14 km south-west
city in and county seat of Ventura County, California, United States
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Landmarks & buildings
Nordhoff High School
United States·14 km north-west
high school in California, United States
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Ventura County?
185 productions are recorded as filmed in Ventura County, 167 of them at places inside it, including Gone with the Wind (1939), Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) and Back to the Future Part III (1990). 18 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in Ventura County?
Gone with the Wind (1939), covered by 97 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Ventura County?
Ventura County is in the United States. Its coordinates are 34.3600, -119.1500.
What other filming locations are near Ventura County?
Santa Paula (8 km east), Saticoy (9 km south), Arroyo Verde Park (11 km south-west), Ojai (13 km north-west) and 2 more, all within 40 km and listed on this page with photographs.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by skinnylawyer, CC BY-SA 2.0.